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theHandpuppet

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Fri Nov 7, 2014, 12:50 PM Nov 2014

Gay marriage on its way back to Supreme Court to end 'interstate chaos'

The Lexington Herald Leader
Gay marriage on its way back to Supreme Court to end 'interstate chaos'
By DAN SEWELL, Associated Press
November 7, 2014

CINCINNATI — A month after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to rule on gay marriage, the issue is headed its way again.

A federal appeals court Thursday halted a run of rulings supporting same-sex marriage by the U.S. courts that are the last line for appeals just below the Supreme Court. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel instead upheld laws against the practice in four states — Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and Tennessee.

Attorneys for gay plaintiffs say they will ask the Supreme Court to hear their arguments, and the split created Thursday among the federal appeals courts makes it more likely they will agree to this time.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had explained in a September speech in Minnesota that the lack of a split in the appeals courts made Supreme Court review of the issue unnecessary. But she said "there will be some urgency" if the 6th Circuit allowed same-sex marriage bans to stand....

Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2014/11/07/3525751/gay-marriage-on-way-back-to-us.html?sp=/99/322/&ihp=1#storylink=cpy

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Gay marriage on its way back to Supreme Court to end 'interstate chaos' (Original Post) theHandpuppet Nov 2014 OP
At least this will help show. . . Stargleamer Nov 2014 #1
I hope they settle the matter once and for all. okasha Nov 2014 #2
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